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About Noble Park

Noble Park, Victoria

is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Greater Dandenong. At the 2006 Census, Noble Park had a population of 26,282. Noble Park has a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial zones and is home to a highly multicultural population, with residents who have immigrated from Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Africa.

History

The history of Noble Park as a suburb in Melbourne began in 1909 when Allan Buckley nicknamed the estate Nobel Park. Early settlement was encouraged by building a community centre, church, school, postal centre and later, a railway station. The postal centre was opened in August 1910 and the railway station was completed in July 1912. In the early days, growth was relatively slow due to the lack of population growth in the area. In the early 1920s, the Railway Department set up a poultry farm and eventually a plant nursery was set up in the eastern part of the suburb. The focus of the small community was based around its local town hall. In the 1980s Noble Park became renowned for its infamous gangs that carried out violent crimes against the community as well as the scene of a major shoot out between members of the Victorian Police and Pavel Marinof, a burglar on the run. Residential growth in the second half of the century saw an end to the grazing paddocks and market gardens. By the 1990s, 56% of Noble Park’s population was born overseas, with the largest being from Western Europe (including Great Britain and Ireland), followed by Eastern Europeans (including Bosnians, Italians and Greeks); and South andSouth East Asians (including Indians, Sri Lankans and Vietnamese), according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In recent years there has been an upsurge of migrants and refugees settled from North African countries, especially Sudan.

Today

In 2014, Noble Park had an estimated population of 29,000 residents. The suburb is characterised by similar social conditions to those across Greater Dandenong, including high levels of migrant settlement and cultural diversity, relatively low incomes, elevated rates of early school leaving, substantial crime rates and a high density of flats. The 2011 Census recorded that 60% of Noble Park residents were born overseas, the same as for Greater Dandenong and nearly twice the corresponding metropolitan percentage (33%). Among the 121 birthplaces of residents were India, accounting for 9% of residents, Vietnam (8%) as well as others such as Sri Lanka, Cambodia, China, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Sudan.

Transport

Noble Park is serviced by two bus services (which is operated by Grenda's Bus Services; Route 811 and 815 ) and multiple train services (which are the Cranbourne/Pakenham railway lines) from Noble Park railway station. To use public transport in Noble Park requires a valid myki; Zone 2 fares apply. However, technically, there are two stations in the Noble Park vicinity (Noble Park and Yarraman) and four bus routes that service the suburb.

Sport

The suburb has an Australian Rules football team, The Noble Park Bulls, competing in the Eastern Football League, and whose legalised gambling makes it one of the League's richest football clubs. It includes cricket and lawn bowls. Noble Park is represented by Southern Stars FC. The team currently competes in the Victorian State League Division which is the third tier in Australia behind the A-League and the Victorian Premier League. Noble Park is also home to the Parkfield Netball Club and Parkfield Cricket Club.